The Statements of Compliance with the Hong Kong Convention (SoCs) are issued on a business-to-business basis. Yard owners have contracted classification societies – acting as... Read More| NGO Shipbreaking Platform
WHAT ARE THEY? The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) provides for the primary responsibility for ships to rest with the vessel’s... Read More| NGO Shipbreaking Platform
After several toxic trade disasters in the 1970s and 1980s, the international community came together to reject the free trade of hazardous wastes. Under the... Read More| NGO Shipbreaking Platform
Once a vessel reaches the end of its service life, most ship owners sell their vessel to a so-called cash buyer. These scrap-dealers bring the... Read More| NGO Shipbreaking Platform
